Caution: this is a complete madman's 1. d4 repertoire
FM Kamil Plichta’s Go For the Throat: Play 1. d4! opening repertoire and his Break the Rules: Play the Trompowsky! repertoire both combined in one bundle!
FM Plichta is a well-known trainer, openings specialist and active tournament player. He is also an absolute monster in blitz chess. Go For the Throat: Play 1. d4 is his cutting-edge opening repertoire. And, we literally mean cutting-edge. It is a razor sharp.
Break the Rules: Play the Trompowsky! is his breakout course that introduced him to the mainstream Chessable audience as a highly original, very funny and very honest author.
Play uncompromising chess.
The lines that comprise Go For the Throat have been refined and sharpened over the past 10 years of Plichta playing these lines himself in tournament play, with great success.
Plichta thinks nothing of sacrificing one, two or even three pawns for active play, winning chances and brutal attacks. IF you want to learn how to play throw-the-fridge chess in a sound way, this is your go-to repertoire.
For this final version, he went the extra mile and found new and exciting ways to play his repertoire using his vast experience as an openings expert, combined with the strongest engines, to re-assess and weaponize his lines. In almost every line Plichta suggests White scores 60% of the wins or more. How is this possible? Because Plichta's not afraid of playing risky chess.
And, of course, his favorite weapon, the Trompowsky (1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5!?) is at the core of it this combined repertoire, helping you take your opponents into unfamiliar territory.
The Tromp avoids the Grünfeld, Nimzo-Indian, Benoni and the King's-Indian defenses, not to mention the Benko/Volga Gambit, Budapest, Two Knights Tango etc. It is also still a rarely-played opening at club level and it comes highly recommended by top Polish GM Dragun (2569 Fide) who personally wrote the foreword.
Play actively. Play with imbalances. Throw the fridge.
So, if you're tired of playing chess with small winning margins then this repertoire is your remedy. Of course, Black can objectively equalize. Plichta's completely honest about his assessments. But, he gives ideas and plans for further play. In practice, Black will face tremendous problems over the board against this repertoire.
Fearless
Make no mistake about it. Go For The Throat and Break the Rules are not opening repertoires for the faint of heart. They are super sharp repertoires, but, even by modern-day engine standards, they are sound.
In the end, once you face your opponent over the board, it's just two humans without engines duking it out. So take your opponent into a deep, dark forest where only you know the way out.
Go For the Throat: Play 1. d4 ! and be the chess barbarian you've always wanted to be and have fun while you're at it!
